Tag Archives: Charles S. Morehead

“an asylum for broken down gentlemen”?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today the Richmond Daily Dispatch reprinted an article about the conditions at Fort Warren in Boston harbor. The fort was being used to house captured Confederate troops and political prisoners. As Civil War Daily Gazette recently reported … Continue reading →

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Vicksburg Rally Against Disunion

Posted on December 11, 2010 by admin

From The New-York Times December 10, 1860: GREAT ANTI-DISUNION DEMONSTRATION AT VICKSBURG. A mass meeting to consider the issues of the day, way held at Vicksburg, Miss., on the afternoon and evening of the 29th ult. The Whig says: “It … Continue reading →

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